Most Usual Baby Names Of 2015

Babycenter.com has released the 100 most popular names for boys and girls in 2015. The list includes some unusual trends, from using Instagram filters, to the names of royalty, and celestial planets. In other words, pretty much exactly what you'd expect.

Returning favourites include Sophia and Jackson. Emma and Olivia are close behind in the second and third spot for the fourth year in a row.

10 most popular names for girls
1. Sophia
2. Emma
3. Olivia
4. Ava
5. Mia
6. Isabella
7. Zoe
8. Lily
9. Emily
10. Madison

10 most popular names for boys
1. Jackson
2. Aiden
3. Liam
4. Lucas
5. Noah
6. Mason
7. Ethan
8. Caden
9. Logan
10. Jacob

Instagram Filter names
Girls:
1. Juno
2. Valencia
3. Willow
Boys: 
4. Lux
5. Ludwig
6. Amaro
7. Reyes
8. Hudson
9. Kelvin

Royal Names
1. Duchess
2. Reign
3. Sultan
4. Princess

Celestial Names
1. Jupiter
2. Sunny
3. Gaia
4. Soleil

BabyCenter's list uses data from more than 340,000 parents around the world (though the findings are unofficial, and not government data). The U.S. Social Security Administration will release the official list of top baby names in 2016.